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Boston: Charles Gaylord. Good+; Two plates preceding the N.T. title page protrude, holes in . bottom 3/4" of lower front hinge, some foxing at both ends.. 1842. Hardcover. Small 4to; Embossed mottled leather, 27.5cm, illustrations, 11, 9 (12 plates printed signle sided) , 17, 581, 106, [583]-762, 78p. , index. **The engraved title page is The Holy Bible, According to the Authorized Version, Containing the Old and New Testaments, with Original Notes, &c. " Hills only lists earlier printings. This copy was stereotyped by Connor & Cooke, printed by Charles Gaylord. The additional paginations are the Preface by T. C. , Illustrations of Various Passages of the Holy Scriptures, The Apocrypha, and A Concordance by James Brown. .

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Boston & Cleveland: John P. Jewett & Co. and Henry P. B. Jewett. Good+; Spine ends and corenrs broken else tight clean copy.. 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Publisher's embossed cloth, 423p. **Hills, The English Bible in America, #1687. Herbert, Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of the English Bible, #1918. Chamberlin, Catalogue of English Bible Translations; page 554. Hugh Pope, Engllish Versions of the Bible, page 546: "These two versions, 1855 (Andrews Norton) and 1858 (L.A. Sawyer), are little known, yet they mark the beginning of the long line of present versions which use current English as the medium of expression." Simms, The Bible in America: "He had the satisfaction, however, of knowing that much of his work, criticised freely at the time, was sustained by the Revisions Committees of 1881." .

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Philadelphia: Jesper Harding. Fair; Rear hinge weak, front board holding by one cord, extremeties . worn with boards showing at corners.. 1853. Hardcover. 4to ; Worn brown morocco gilt, aeg, 12" by 10.5" by 3" thick, illustrated with plates including four colored plates. **See Hills #1639; unlisted earlier printing with different arrangement of plates. The covers are gilt stamped with the scene of Moses holding the ten commandments. The three family record pages have ornate color and gilt borders and contain the records of John A. Wood, or Newburgh. and Sarah E. Lawson, of Brooklyn and formerly of Poughkeepsie, married July, 3rd, 1848. .